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Bern--- 'tell me bout the bears'... Well Bern is a pretty cool city, or cool enough for a day trip. All I knew about Bern was that they had a 'Bear Pit' (as some of you say in the youtube clip)... Well there is so much more. Down their main street they have little fountains that just have a little stream of water coming out of it, but each one has a different them to it (be it from an ogre eating a baby, a bear with a gun, a woman with a sash on her back... there are quite a few). As well on the main drag of Bern there is an impressive clock, which I havent quite figured out yet. It has the standard clock, but as well below the clock is another massive ... read more

Aww Munich. We arrived at main train station in Munich around 7am. No rest for the weary though. We stopped by our hotel and dropped off our luggage and made our way back to the city center of Munich. Let me explain Munich by telling you what its not. It's not Paris, it doesn't smell and doesn't have a tourist trap or someone trying to sell you something every 30 seconds. However, its an absolutely beautiful city. I once again, can not tell you too much about the city historically; but we went through a couple churches, and saw some quite amazing things. (see the pic's and you'll understand)... In the center of Munich there is a huge city hall dealio, and at 11a.m. it puts on a show. Attached to this city hall is a ... read more

This blog will just go through the little time we spent in Scheidam and Delft (famous for their delftware china) on Monday (still on no sleep). Our trip to Scheidam was strictly to see the windmills there, after all what would a trip to the Netherlands be without seeing some windmills. Apparently, the windmills are used to help pump water out, due to the fact that most the country is below sea level. There isn't much to be said, for a windmill is a windmill. However, there are several small bridges that cross the canals throughout this country, and we found one that oddly enough is hand cranked up by two men. After letting the boat pass, they get on their bike/ scooter and make their way to the next bridge to allow the vessel to ... read more

Gay Pareeee day 2... To start the day, I headed to the Sacre Coeur, a very Islamic influenced Catholic church. It is on the north side of Paris, and sits a top a hill (recall the last blog) offering a great view of Paris. I got there, and just had to go to the top; and for 8 euros (thanks mom and dad) and a few hundred steps I made it to the top and managed a few good photos of Paris. I can not tell you much about the church other than its beautiful, and there was a guy out in front playing the harp (and he was quite good). After leaving the church, I made my way to the Hotel Invalides (originally a hospital for vet's and wounded soldiers). However, at the metro stop ... read more

This is a good bit late, but I will chronicle our trip from Brussels to The Hauge. Allegedly, it is a 2 hour-1 train trek; however due to some power outage in The Hague, it took more like 4 hours and 4/5 trains ( I lost count) and a few miles of backtracking to finally make it to The Hague. And, of course, we came in to the train station furthest away from our stay. On our taxi ride though, we were able to see a few things, such as Chinatown (apparently the Hague is known for indochinese food) and the Queens Palace (more of a ceremonial/administrative place). We finally arrived at our destination, the ISS (institute of social studies). Got my key and headed to my room. And boy let me tell you; I was ... read more